Gotcha! As soon as you picked up this book, you started a journey toward absolute gameplaying Nirvana! You might be a classic arcade-loving child of the 1980s, or perhaps an enthusiast of more recent, modern arcades. Remember playing Pac-M...

Imagine a world of bold warriors, mighty wizards, and terrible monsters. Imagine a world of ancient ruins, vast caverns, and great wild wastes where only the bravest heroes dare to tread. Imagine a world of swords and magic, a world of elv...

It's a quiet mid-week afternoon. You've finished your client work for the day. A fresh pot of coffcc is ready as you start up your favorite 3D application. Your goal is to build something more creative than your normal day-to-day work--som...

Recent advances in digital communications and storage technologies have brought major changes for consumers. High-capacity hard disks and DVDs can store a large amount of audiovisual data. In addition, faster Internet connection speeds and...

Welcome to the Monster Manual. It joins the Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide to form the core rules for the DUNGEONS DRAGONS Roleplaying Game! The Monster Manual offers a rich collection of monsters designed to challenge player c...

Most games have a winner and a loser, but the Dungeons Dragons Roleplaying Game is fundamentally a cooperative game. The Dungeon Master (DM) plays the roles of the antagonists in the adventure, but the DM isnt playing against the player ch...

It is true that a linen handkerchief can't be found on a linen bed-spread-at first glance. So, if we ware to rc-create this scene in the computer, and if it is necessary for the scene to differentiate between the spread and the handkerchie...

With Internet technology developing rapidly, Internet gaming has become ever more popular, while documentation on how to actually make Internet games remains inadequate. Developer's Guide to Multiplayer Games provides in-depth coverage of...

Cutting-edge computer games rival the best that Hollywood has to offer in visual effects, musical score, and pure adrenaline rush. But games are a form of entertainment unlike any other; they can keep players glued to their monitors for ho...

As with previous volumes of the Graphics Gems series, this book ultimately serves a number of purposes. First, it provides a recognized, moderated forum of computer graphics dialogue, allowing emerging techniques to come to light before a...